Improvement in extension tables and settees



NPETERS, PMOTO-LITHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON, D c.

which C C O C are the four legs or supports.

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Letters PatentNo. 107 ,463, dated September 20, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN EXTENSION TABLES AND `SIETTEIES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

I, Maurin DneznLL, of Wabash, in the county of Wabash and State-,oiIndiana, have invented a new and improved Convertible Extension rlableand Settee, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates, in the first place, tocertain improvements in theconstruction of a convertible table and settee,,w herebyl am enabled toextend the table in lengthf, when desired, with great ease, and withoutat allvaifectiug or impairiug the con# vertibility and perfectadaptability of my improved article of furniture to its several uses;and, in the second place, to an improved combination oi' a ccnltil'alleg or supports with any form of extension-tai e.

Figure 1 is a view, in perspective, of my couvertible extension tableand settee, when usedas a settee.

Figure 2, an end elevation of the same in use as an ordinary table, thetop 4of the table being cut in section in aline indicated at a: a: oftig. A1.

Figure 3, a side elevation thereof', when used Aas an extension table,the central portion being partly.

brolgeu away to disclose fully the combination and arrangement of itscentral support.l

Al is the top or outer leaf of my kconvertible table. This top is madedouble, as seen in the section, tig. 2, and is divided transverselyntone-end, so as to admit of separation into two parts, A A', as shown inligs. 1 and 3.

These two 'divisions are heldin the saine right plane,vaud properlybrought together, vwhen closed, by means of parallel bars, B Bgs. 2 and3, secured, at one end, within the double thickness of the smallerdivision, A', and projecting thence into the hollow space formed bythedouble thickness of the larger division, A, of the table-top, so as toslide freely in ways formed in said space for their reception, whichallow them free play longitudinally, but restrain their movement in anyother direction. v

lhese two divisions, A A', of the table-top are, when 'brought together,retained more closely and vevenly at their joint by the use ofdowel-pins, a a,

(see iig. 3,) projecting from the edge of one division and enteringcounterpart holes inthe edge of the op.

posite division.

divisions, so united as to admit of separation and extension, may beplaced upon supports obtained by au upward extension to a proper heightof the back and ends, or of the four legs of a settee, and be hingedthereto, so as to admit of being turned up, as illustrated in iig. 1.

D D', figs. 1, 2, and 3, is the seat of a settee, of

The legs or supports of both tableaud settee are nected lengthwise ofthe lsettec in the manner usual in extension-tables by means ofparallelbars H H, nnitedpin pairs on 'leach side, by aV longitudinal dovetailjoint, or otherwise, so as to be free to slide one upon the otherlongitudinally, and yet be firmly snpported and held togethertransversely.

The legs orl supports C O, at one end, are securedA to the outer slidingbars, H H, and the legs or supports C C', at the other. end, are securedto the inner bars, H H', so that, by sliding said: bars in or out, thelegs at each end are carried therewith and are separated orapproximated.

The ends of the inner bars, H H', are nuited'by a transverse piece, inlthe usual manner, to strengthen the frame, while the outer bars aresecured by the seat D of the settee, secured to aud uponA the upper jedges thereof, the continuity ot' the seat being preserved over andbeyond the ends of said outer bars by means of end pieces D', securedupon the outer K' endsof the inner bars, H' H', as illustrated in thedrawing.

The corner supports O C G of -the settee D, figs. 1, 2and 3, areextended upward above theseat far enough to carry the extensiontable-top A A at a suitable height above the door, and this table-top ishinged to the rear posts by means of hinges secured to the edge of itsdoublel portion, so that the top may not only rest upon the supports C OG C, but also be thrown back to uncover' the settee and forma backypiece therefor.

As the shorter end, A', of the top is hinged to the end ofthe settcewhich carries the shorter division of l its seat, the seat of the setteeand the top of the table will separate and extend together. c

The double top A A', when let down in a horizontal position upon itssupports, forms a-s,u itable dining room table, which may be readilyleugtheued out as an ordinary extension table by the addition of extraleaves, but which, being thrown up ou its hinges, uu-` c'ovcrs acomfortable settee.

binewith thetop Afor the purpose of supporting the table eentrallyvh'enextended. A

It is so hinged, (see b, Eg. 3,) ytoa piece, It, made to slide centrallywithin the hollowvspac'e of the top A, as that it may be brought to aright line with said piece, and, with it, be thrust back into saidhollow space, so that, when the two parts A A of the top are broughttogether, this leg K will be completely hidden therein, but, when thetop is extended,

l `it will be drawn out until it can' turn upon its joint,

K iig. 3, is a central I,leg o'r support, which I coni- :1nd its't'reeend will then trated in fig. 3.

R R, g. 2, are pins projecting far enough to a'ord support to the loweredge of the' top A Aprhen thrown np. l

The under side of the hinged top A A' should be duly ornnmented.

I claim as my invention- J. The combination oi' an extensible table, AA',

fall to the ground, as illuswith an extension frame made to support andcarry asettee, D, substantially in the mannnand for the purposes hereinset forth.

2. The combination of n hinged or pivoted leg or support, K,-with :Lsliding piece, R,'movin,r in a way formed for it within or upon` theunder side of the extensible table-top A A', of a. convertible extensiontable and settee, all Substantially :is and for the pnr` pose herein setforth.

fitness my hand this 22d day ot' March, A. I).

)L DEBZELL. Witnesses:

JOSEPH MACKEY, O; L. Ross.

